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George instantly teleported several times in succession, returning directly to the Dragon Slayer Guild.
He relayed all the information he knew about the Fire God Dragon, Water God Dragon, and Wood God Dragon to Elefseria.
"Guild Master Elefseria, with our current strength, it's simply impossible to defeat these three God Dragons.
But don't worry—give me a few more years, and once I've grown stronger, I promise I'll return to seal all five God Dragons and complete this century-old unfinished mission."
"George, this is already more than enough. At the very least, I now know the whereabouts of three of them. That alone is a tremendous step forward."
Instead of feeling disheartened, Elefseria's face lit up with joy at George's words.
After all, in the past hundred years since he sealed the Earth God Dragon and issued the mission, every mage who took it on had died without exception—none had returned with a shred of useful intelligence.
Yet George not only located the positions of three God Dragons, but also survived direct encounters with them, bringing back incredibly valuable information. That, in itself, was a massive breakthrough.
Now that he had become a dragon himself, time was on his side. He could wait—not just a few years, but even centuries, if necessary.
More importantly, George had successfully become a Dragon Slayer Mage and would eventually transform into a dragon as well. His power would increase dramatically, and his lifespan would match Elefseria's. This made the future all the more promising.
After bidding Elefseria farewell, George began using Apparition to return to the Fairy Tail Guild in the Eastern Continent.
Since sealing the Five God Dragons wasn't possible for now, he figured he might as well return to the guild, take up the position of Guild Master, and gradually study the other two Great Magic Arts to steadily increase his power.
He had already been away from the guild for over two months and had no idea what things were like over there now.
With him gone, and considering the destructive tendencies of Natsu and the others during missions, who knew how much money the guild had lost?
If he delayed returning any longer, he feared the hard-earned funds the guild had managed to accumulate would be entirely wiped out by the time he got back.
Meanwhile, his counterpart in the Harry Potter world, now also a Dragon Slayer Mage, was preparing to complete the final steps of the Animagus ritual.
It had taken him three full days of flight to travel from the Eastern to the Northern Continent. But the return trip to the East only required a series of over a dozen consecutive Apparitions.
There was no helping it—Apparition's limitation was that you could only teleport to places you had previously visited. If you hadn't been somewhere before, flying was the only option.
"I'm back, everyone!"
On December 20th, Year X784, after over two months away, George arrived at the entrance to the Fairy Tail Guild and cheerfully pushed open the doors.
This trip to the Northern Continent had been an overwhelming success.
Not only had he achieved his goal and become a true Dragon Slayer Mage, but he had also learned much about the history of the dragon race, leaving him in high spirits.
"Huh? Where is everyone?"
As he stepped into the guild hall, George was shocked to find it completely empty—at a time when it should have been bustling with activity.
Extending his mental senses, he scanned the entire guild—there wasn't a single soul present.
"Something's wrong!"
George's expression immediately turned serious.
He knew that under normal circumstances, no matter how grave the situation, the guild would never be completely deserted. At the very least, one or two mages would have stayed behind to watch over the place.
"Directional Reveal: Makarov Dreyar!"
He waved his hand and cast a tracking spell to locate the Guild Master.
"Nothing..."
The tracking spell failed, and unease welled up in his chest.
"Directional Reveal: Erza Scarlet!"
"Directional Reveal: Mirajane Strauss!"
"Directional Reveal: Natsu Dragneel!"
"Directional Reveal: Macao Conbolt!"
After using tracking spells on seven or eight guild members in a row, all of which failed, George finally succeeded with one. Without hesitation, he unfurled his wings and flew at top speed in the direction where Macao was located.
"This is... the direction of Sirius Island..."
As he soared through the sky, George quickly realized that his flight path was leading him straight toward Sirius Island—the sacred ground of Fairy Tail.
Sirius Island, also known as Fairy Island, was said to have once been inhabited by beautiful fairies. It was the birthplace of the First Guild Master and the location of her empty grave.
Due to the powerful magic placed on the island by the First Master, those who are not members of Fairy Tail are normally unable to enter.
"So many Magic Council warships!"
Half an hour later, a large fleet of warships bearing the emblem of the Magic Council appeared before George's eyes.
Because of the Tower of Paradise incident, the original Magic Council had been disbanded. Before George left for the Northern Continent, he had heard rumors that a new council was being formed. Judging by the scene before him, it seemed the new council had already been fully established.
Following the tracking spell, George quickly located Macao and several Fairy Tail mages aboard one of the warships.
"Macao, what happened? Why was the guild empty? Where are the Guild Master and the others?"
Landing on the deck of the warship, George immediately questioned Macao.
Seeing George arrive, Macao and the others were visibly moved and filled with excitement.
"George, you're finally back! They're saying the Guild Master and Natsu are dead—I don't believe it! Quickly, use your tracking spell and find out where they are!"
"The Guild Master and Natsu... dead? That's impossible!"
George's pupils contracted. He flew directly in front of Macao, extended his cat paw, and pressed it against Macao's forehead, beginning to read his memories.
Two minutes later, he withdrew his paw and immediately sped off toward where Sirius Island had once been.
"Wait here. I'm going to check it out."
As it turned out, a great deal had happened in the two months since George departed for the Northern Continent.
Roughly two weeks after he left the guild, Fairy Tail joined forces with Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter to defeat the Six Demon Generals—three major dark mage guilds.
Following their success, the Sky Dragon Slayer from Cait Shelter, along with her magical cat, joined Fairy Tail.
About a month later, Gildarts returned by ship and reported his situation to the Guild Master.
Three weeks ago, all of Fairy Tail's mages had been absorbed into the world of Edolas.
The world George was currently in was called Earthland, while Edolas was a parallel world. In fact, his body, along with Happy and Carla, originally belonged to the Exceed race native to Edolas.
Mystogan of Fairy Tail was also from Edolas—the prince of the human kingdom there—and he looked exactly like Jellal from this world.
He had come to Earthland to stop his world's king from activating the interdimensional magic "Anima," which would convert all life in this world into magic power and siphon it into Edolas.
In the end, after a fierce battle, the Fairy Tail mages foiled the king's plan. Mystogan remained in Edolas and became its new king, while the guild members returned to Earthland.
A little over a week ago, Guild Master Makarov held the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam, and Natsu along with others eagerly signed up. The examination site was the sacred ground, Sirius Island.
Now, Sirius Island and all the Fairy Tail mages on it had completely vanished.
(End of Chapter)